You know we value diverse opinions, discussion and debate at Exploding Heads. Unfortunately we live in a era when a tyrannical minority are trying to stamp out anything that does not align with their views.
Good conquers evil, although sometimes it takes some time and the good suffer some cuts and bruises along the way.
Our path to victory in life is to be the best people we can be.
With that in mind, I would like to remind you all of the rules for this instance:
Rules
- Be authentic.
- Be respectful. Everyone should feel welcome here.
- No porn.
- No ads / spamming.
- No doxing
- No threats or personal insults
- No discrimination
- No gore or graphic video or pictures
- When posting on a federated instance/community, obey the rules of that instance/community.
You will notice I added the last one in today as a reminder to be good neighbors in the Fediverse.
Happy to clarify, give me an example of where you feel unclear with respect to the second bullet point
I don’t really like the 2nd bullet point at all. If someone is being removed, I think it’s important that you let them know.
Well, clearly everyone doesn’t feel welcome here. What do you have to say about that? Why do you think this is the case?
I would hope everybody feels welcome to engage in honest discussion and debate here. That does not mean you will find everybody agreeing with your views. We have diverse opinions and believe that diversity of opinions helps us become intellectually stronger.
I have a feeling my views will not align with many of those here. Guess we’ll see how that pans out. Thanks for the response.
we may be able to discuss other things not related to any controversy of like politics, like for example today is tau day (math): https://exploding-heads.com/post/159002?scrollToComments=true
Yes, what a lively discussion to be had over there.
I do want to believe in your point but it’s intersting so many have already given up on it. Why do you think that is?
the defederating instances simply have illiberal / authoritarian leftwing views
Why would people with liberal views want to defederate us wholesale?
they have illiberal views… meaning they do not want freedom of speech, hence want to censor discussion with us
But the great thing is you have the opportunity to persuade with your arguments